Chapter 6 End

Boom!

Qi and Blood like a Dragon, saber light like snow.

Li Ang's figure instantly crashed into the black tide of beasts.

At this moment, Li Ang was like a stone pillar, firmly rooted in the narrow pass that the beast tide had to cross.

"Roar—"

Three massive Iron-Armored Rhinos roared as they charged, their heavy hooves thudding loudly on the ground.

Li Ang advanced instead of retreating.

The Major Achievement-level Basic Saber Technique displayed a terrifying artistry at this moment.

There were no fancy Moves, only the utmost precision and efficiency.

Sidestep, slide, upward slash.

Pfft!

The blade precisely cut into the weakest cartilage joint of the rhino's neck. Li Ang used the rhino's charging momentum, flicked his wrist, and a massive beast head flew off.

Immediately after, without even looking, he spun around with a dragging saber slash, cutting a Demonic Wolf that was ambushing him from behind in half at the waist.

Blood spurted, staining his already tattered protective suit red.

The beast tide was too dense; even with Li Ang's excellent movement technique, injuries were unavoidable.

In just ten minutes, several cuts were torn across his back and legs.

But the Hardworking and Enduring talent operated frantically, and his cerebral cortex automatically shielded the pain signals that would have caused ordinary people to go into shock, retaining only the purest combat instinct.

He was a machine, a tireless, pain-impervious killing machine.

...

[The battle lasted for three hours.]

[Corpses littered the ground.]

[You relied on the complex ruined terrain of the Taji Settlement, fighting and retreating. Every broken wall, every pit, every piece of terrain was utilized by you.]

[The fine steel battle saber in your hand had more than a dozen nicks, turning it into a serrated blade. But this did not affect the slaughter; instead, it made the wounds even more gruesome and terrifying.]

[Over a hundred first- and second-tier Mythical Beasts have died by your blade.]

[Your Qi and Blood was rapidly depleting, yet it was also rapidly regenerating under the pressure of life and death.]

[That long-lost Bottleneck, which had troubled you for three years, finally showed a hint of loosening under the immense pressure of death!]

"This is the feeling..."

Above the ruins, Li Ang leaned on his saber, panting heavily.

He was covered in blood, his left eye blinded, his vision blurry, but his remaining right eye burned with an unprecedented fanaticism.

Normally, no matter how much he refined it, the Qi and Blood in his body, though thick as mercury, would always experience stagnation when passing through certain subtle Meridians, preventing it from achieving true Perfection and unity.

That was the limitation of talent.

But now, as his physical strength was pushed to the limit, as the flame of life flickered precariously, that indestructible shackles cracked open.

Rumble—

The earth trembled again.

The previously aggressive beast horde suddenly fell silent, as if sensing some kind of suppressive aura from a superior, whimpering and retreating to both sides.

A suffocating Blood Wind assaulted him.

At the end of the ruins, a giant wolf, over five meters long and entirely silver-white, slowly emerged.

A crystal-clear horn grew on its forehead, wreathed with visible wind element fluctuations.

Its cold, vertical pupils stared intently at Li Ang, as if looking at a slightly stronger ant.

[Horned Terror Wolf (Fourth-Tier Vicious Beast)!]

Li Ang's heart suddenly tightened.

In this world, a Fourth-Tier Vicious Beast is equivalent to a human Kaiyuan Realm Expert! They have already awakened their intelligence and even mastered elemental power; they are simply not something a Qi and Blood Realm Martial Artist can contend with.

"Is this the final BOSS...?"

Li Ang grinned, revealing teeth stained red with blood.

Run?

Impossible to escape.

In front of a Fourth-Tier Vicious Beast that controls wind elements, his speed was as slow as a snail.

Then... fight!

"Come on!!!"

Li Ang roared, squeezing out the last of the Qi and Blood from his body.

He didn't defend, gripping his saber with both hands, his entire being transforming into a bloody afterimage, actively charging towards the terrifying giant beast!

[Between life and death, there is great terror, but also great Opportunity!]

Facing the giant claw capable of smashing tanks, facing the terrifying wind blade condensed on that horn, Li Ang felt no fear; instead, he felt an unprecedented clarity.

The Qi and Blood in his body completely boiled over at this moment.

They were no longer divided streams but had converged into a surging river, expanding those narrow Meridians and clearing those blocked acupoints.

Penetration!

Perfection!

Unity!

In that instant, Li Ang felt as if he had touched a new world.

The Shackles of the original Seventh Stage were completely gone, and a vast, pure, and endlessly regenerating power surged through his entire body.

Was that... Eighth Stage of Qi and Blood?

"No, not quite, too much Qi and Blood has been consumed, but the path to the Eighth Stage has opened for me."

Swish!

The saber light flared.

This was the Peak saber strike of Li Ang's life.

The Major Achievement saber technique combined with the Qi and Blood that broke through at the brink of death made this strike incredibly fast, actually cutting through the Horned Giant Wolf's wind blade in mid-air and savagely slashing its eye corner!

Pfft!

A half-meter long bloody gash bloomed on the giant wolf's face.

"Awooo!!!"

The Fourth-Tier Vicious Beast was injured! It let out a roar of extreme fury.

But that was all.

The next second.

The enormous wolf paw, carrying an irresistible wind pressure, slammed heavily onto Li Ang's body.

Crack—

Bones shattered.

Li Ang's body flew backward like a broken rag doll, smashing heavily into the depths of the ruins, his chest completely caved in, his internal organs crushed into a pulp.

His vision rapidly darkened.

In the last moments before his consciousness dissipated, he felt the faint but incredibly smooth and perfectly unified Qi and Blood circulation within him, and a satisfied smile curved his lips.

He did it.

He used his life to carve out a Heaven-Defying Great Dao for this useless body.

In a trance, he seemed to see the tunnel dug open by the Mythical Beasts, and the destruction of that settlement.

But under a beast tide of this magnitude, it was a destined outcome.

"This life of mine... was worth it! Hahaha..."

The laughter abruptly stopped.

[You died.]

[Simulation ended.]

...

Longnan No. 1 High School, infirmary.

"Hoo—hoo—"

Li Ang suddenly sat up from the hospital bed, gasping for air, his entire body instantly drenched in cold sweat.

The ECG monitor let out a rapid alarm, startling the school doctor, a middle-aged woman, who was outside dispensing medicine.

"Oh dear! What's wrong?"

The school doctor rushed in, seeing Li Ang looking like someone who had just surfaced from drowning, and quickly went to help him, "Is your heart uncomfortable again? I told you to train less..."

"It's nothing... just a nightmare."

Li Ang waved his hand, his voice terribly hoarse.

He lowered his head, looking at his pale, needle-pricked hands, his eyes still retaining the terrifying Evil Qi brought back from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The school doctor was startled by that gaze and took a step back, feeling that this seemingly frail student suddenly resembled a wild beast that had just finished devouring a person.

"It's good that you're alright... lie down a bit longer." The middle-aged woman mumbled as she walked out, her heart pounding.

Once the curtain was drawn again.

Li Ang closed his eyes, calming his surging emotions.

Ten years.

He had survived for five years and killed for five years in that dark and chaotic region.

From a useless person who only knew how to take medicine, he transformed into the "Nightmare" that made bandits tremble in fear, and finally, in the beast tide, he sublimated to the extreme, injuring a Fourth-Tier Vicious Beast with a mere Qi and Blood Realm body!

"Although the ending was a bit regrettable, Su Ming and the others didn't escape..."

Li Ang sighed, a complex emotion flashing in his heart.

But soon, this emotion was replaced by immense anticipation.

He summoned the System in his mind.

The light blue screen reappeared, displaying the final settlement of his tumultuous life.

[Time survived in this simulation: 10 years.]

[Rating: S-rank!]

[Comment: You, with mediocre aptitude, performed Heaven-Defying deeds. You broke the Shackles of talent with perseverance and comprehended the true meaning of the Martial Dao of Qi and Blood in a deadly predicament. Your will is harder than steel!]

[Cooldown: None]

S-rank!

Li Ang clenched his fists.

Next, was the main event.

[Please select the retained items for this simulation (choose two out of three, S-rank rating allows one additional retained item):]

1. Martial Arts Realm (Qi and Blood Realm Seventh Stage Perfection · Penetration and Unity)

2. Martial Arts Experience (Basic Saber Technique · Major Achievement + Chaotic Zone Survival Combat Skill)

3. Dying Memory (Regarding the Beast Tide)